We are delighted to announce that the proposed merger of James Street Family Practice and Kidgate Surgery has been formally approved. The two practices will formally merge as of 1st of April 2018. The merged practice will operate from the James Street Family Practice site.

Refurbishment and extension of James Street Family Practice will begin on the 29th of January 2018 for a period of 16 weeks. Car parking will be severely restricted during the construction period. Patients are advised to use the Northgate East Car Park, which is less than 2 minutes walk from the practice.

Consultation on Proposed Merger with Kidgate SurgeryJuly 2017

On the 10th of July 2017, James Street Family Practice and Kidgate Surgery officially launched a 3 month consultation on the proposed merger of the two practices. Both practices strongly believe in, and are committed to, maintaining local provision of high quality general practice in our rural community. We strongly believe that the proposed merger will ensure long term sustainability for both our practices. It will also improve our practice resilience and gives us an opportunity to enhance and maximise service provision.

"In support of the National Patient Participation Week, a ‘Drop-in’ was arranged for the patients of Tasburgh Lodge Practice, held in the Methodist Hall on the Broadway Woodhall Spa on Tuesday June 20th 2017.

It was to be an informal discussion on many aspects of the Health Service. Jackie Rotherham, practice manager and Claire Hornsby from the East CCG were in attendance to answer questions. About twenty people attended, some existing members of the Patient Participation Group (PPG), and some others who expressed a wish to join the Group.
One of the areas of most concern was the wait to have blood tests, and not being able to have blood tests on the days when they were required. Jackie gave a full explanation of why this occurred.
Most of the comments were complimentary of the service given by the Practice, and many spoke well of the service and treatment given by both the Pilgrim Hospital at Boston, and the County Hospital at Lincoln.
Claire handed round some consultation documents, including the consultation on the proposed closure of the Walk in Centre in Lincoln.

As the leader of the Tasburgh Lodge Practice PPG I would like to thank all who attended our first open meeting and made it a very successful event."

Jean Hill

New Digital ECG MachineApril 2017

Services at a doctor’s surgery in Woodhall Spa have been boosted after patients and friends raised around £2,000 to buy a vital piece of equipment.
The Tasburgh Lodge Surgery, in Victoria Lane, now has its own digital electrocardiogram (ECG) machine. The machine is fully integrated with the surgery’s software and records an accurate image of a patient’s heartbeat which can be compared with previous results and re-produced at hospital if needed.

You can read all about it in the Horncastle News article by clicking here.

Lincolnshire Over The Counter InitiativeDecember 2016

Following a consultation with members of the public across Lincolnshire which ended on 18 November 2016, the four Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Groups have approved the restricting of prescribing of over the counter medicines used for short-term, self-limiting conditions, with effect from Monday 12th December 2016.